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After the successes of Bridgemate at EBL and WBF tournaments in 2005, there was no doubt anymore that both organizations would continue using Bridgemate in their tournaments. Both organizations held one tournament in 2006. The largest tournament was the 12th World Bridge Championships in Verona, Italy, organized by the World Bridge Federation. In two weeks time, not less than 147.506 boards were scored with Bridgemates. All players, including prominent persons like mr. Bill Gates, chairman of Microsoft Corporation, and Mrs. Emma Casto-Cruz, sister of Fidel Castro, enjoyed the high quality of scoring and results reporting powered by the Bridgemate. This was once more confirmed by WBF president mr. José Damiani, saying "I know you all enjoyed the service provided by this new and exciting technology."
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In August 2006, the 48th European Bridge Team Championships were held in Warsaw, Poland. Although this tournament is the smallest EBL/WBF tournament for the Bridgemate scoring system so far, the 36.432 boards that were played, were all smoothly scored with Bridgemate. Combined with the Polish online publishing software, all scores were instantly reported on the championships website where viewers all over the world could follow the matches' progress real-time.
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Tournaments in 2005
Early 2005, the European Bridge League and the World Bridge Federation acquired together the Bridgemate Pro wireless scoring system to be used in all their events.

The first big EBL event for Bridgemate was the second Open European Championships which was held in Arona, Tenerife, from June 18th till July 2nd 2005. In two weeks time, the Bridgemate recorded more than 75.000 scores. The use of Bridgemate reduced the number of scoring staff significantly and the service to the players was highly improved. For the first time, the pairs tournament was broadcasted live in the rama room and the internet without any delay. Read more about this tournaments in the daily bulletins: Read more about this tournaments in the daily bulletins:
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The next big event in 2005 was the World Bridge Championships in Estoril where the Bermuda Bowl, Venice Cup and Seniors Bowl was held in October 2005. As almost as much as 50.000 scores were recorded during the two week team matches events. Results were directly broadcasted on the internet through Swangames and published on big screens in the rama room. A new record was set with a scoring staff of only four people running the complete event. Read more at:
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